{"id":27105,"date":"2017-06-07T10:47:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T16:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=27105"},"modified":"2017-06-10T14:30:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T20:30:34","slug":"climbers-abuse-rules-causes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/07\/climbers-abuse-rules-causes\/","title":{"rendered":"Climber Selfishness Causes China to Close Autumn Climbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Without thinking of anyone else but himself, Polish climber\u00a0Janusz Adam Adamski, 49, made an illegal traverse from China\u00a0to Nepal\u00a0this Everest 2017 season.<\/p>\n

Now, not only will\u00a0he will be punished by\u00a0Nepal and\u00a0China, but his action have\u00a0costs others their opportunity to climb in Tibet\u00a0this autumn.<\/p>\n

Follow No Rules<\/h3>\n

Adamski made an illegal traverse from China\u00a0to Nepal, knowing he needed a permit. \u00a0He said that he believes there is no border on mountains and thus ignored the rules apparently\u00a0feeling they didn’t\u00a0apply to him. Amazingly his total disregard for rules was flaunted in this quote to the Himalayan Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cI am ready to face any legal challenge in Nepal to safeguard the greatest achievement of my life, I\u2019ll never regret what I did. As there is no provision of issuing traverse permit in both countries, I had to traverse illegally for fulfilment of my lifetime dream,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Adamski faces a $22,000 fine and 10 year ban from climbing in Nepal. It’s not clear what China will do.<\/p>\n

A Bigger\u00a0Cost<\/h3>\n

The China Tibet Mountaineering Association sent out notices today to those teams hoping to climb\u00a0Cho Oyu this autumn. Simply put, due to\u00a0Adamski’s actions, they are closing all of Tibet to climbing this autumn. Previously they said they were limiting permits\u00a0to only 50 for Cho Oyu only.<\/p>\n

\"CTMA<\/a><\/p>\n

Perhaps this is a convenient excuse for China to do what\u00a0it really wanted to anyway – close all of Tibet to foreigners due to a “meeting” being held in the region, but to name Adamski directly is quite strong. I think it is safe to say, someone in Beijing is not happy.<\/p>\n

With this, if you are looking to climb an 8000er in Tibet: Cho Oyu, Shishapangma or Everest, it will have to wait for 2018.<\/p>\n

Climb On!<\/p>\n

Alan<\/p>\n

Memories are Everything<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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